Detective ConanComplete Watch Order Guide
A series of feature films based on the long-running Case Closed manga (known in Japan as Detective Conan) about a brilliant teenage detective who's given a poison that reverted him to a 4-year-old. Under a new identity, he continues solving cases alongside his colleagues.
Detective Conan Release Timeline
What order should you watch the Detective Conan movies?
Release order — click any era to expand or collapse. All 29 released films, plus 1 still to come, shown below.
All 30 films in release order — the recommended way to experience the full series.
Detective Conan: The Counterfeit Case of Ultra 30
In theaters Oct 2, 2026
Watch Detective Conan in Order
Watch the Detective Conan movies in release order, starting with Detective Conan: The Time Bombed Skyscraper (1997) and continuing through Detective Conan: Fallen Angel of the Highway (2026). The series spans 29 films, released between 1997 and 2026. Audiences rate the franchise 6.9/10 on average.
What order should you watch Detective Conan?
For most viewers, release order is the recommended way to watch Detective Conan. This is how the story was crafted and revealed to audiences — earlier films seed details, callbacks, and twists that pay off in later entries. Watching in release order preserves those reveals and matches the pacing the filmmakers intended.
Detective Conan largely tracks its own in-universe chronology, so release order and chronological order overlap closely. You can use either without losing much, though release order is still the safest first watch.
About the Detective Conan franchise
A series of feature films based on the long-running Case Closed manga (known in Japan as Detective Conan) about a brilliant teenage detective who's given a poison that reverted him to a 4-year-old. Under a new identity, he continues solving cases alongside his colleagues.
Each film builds on the previous one, rewarding viewers who watch in sequence.
Detective Conan by the Numbers
Every figure below is calculated from the full film list on this page.
- 29
- Films released
- 29
- Years running
- 6.9/10
- Average audience rating
- 7.8/10
- Highest rated
- 6.1/10
- Lowest rated
- 2 years
- Longest gap between films
Detective Conan has 29 released films, the first in 1997 and the most recent in 2026.
The series has been running for 29 years, from 1997 to 2026.
Across its 29 rated films, Detective Conan averages 6.9/10 on TMDB, from 4,634 audience ratings.
The highest-rated entry is Detective Conan: The Phantom of Baker Street (2002) at 7.8/10 on TMDB.
The lowest-rated entry is Detective Conan: Sunflowers of Inferno (2015) at 6.1/10 on TMDB.
The longest gap between consecutive films is 2 years, between Case Closed: The Fist of Blue Sapphire (2019) and Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet (2021).
Computed by Movies in Order from The Movie Database (TMDB) collection data for Detective Conan, covering all 29 released films. Last recalculated September 2026.
Detective Conan Fun Facts & Trivia
The Detective Conan franchise spans 29 years, from 1997 to 2026.
The highest-rated entry is Detective Conan: The Phantom of Baker Street with a 7.8/10 audience score.
Across all films, the franchise averages a 6.9/10 rating from audiences.
Detective Conan films have collected over 5k audience ratings combined.
The most recent entry, Detective Conan: Fallen Angel of the Highway (2026), continues a franchise that began 29 years earlier.
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